The appliance shortage is due to pandemic-related supply chain issues, a chip shortage and surge in supply. Wealthy homeowners spent the pandemic renovating their multimillion-dollar homes, and it’s led to skyrocketing demand for luxury appliances. The New York Times reported a real estate boom among the rich and the surge in renovating that followed. Interior designers are being flooded with…
A recent post in Facebook between a black man and a white woman conversation goes viral in Myrtle Beach. Ernest Skelton a local appliance repairman came to Caroline Brock’s house to repair her washer and dryer and she asked a question no white person ever has before. What is it like to be a black man in America? Skelton’s answer…
Gregorian, an Israeli design student took her wonky dean washing machine and uses the components as building blocks to create new products. She took a collection of sheet metal, steel bars, and stamped parts provided enough raw materials to produce three new chairs. Martha Stewart meets the Museum of Modern Art The designer follows form for eco-friendly chairs’ design—the treatment…
Online education is usually professional development for knowledge workers, K-12 education and a means to deliver cost-effective higher learning. What’s new is e-learning for home services job market. Nana, runs a free academy to teach people how to fix appliances, and then gives students the option of becoming a part of its own marketplace by connect them to people needing…
Whirlpool headquartered in Benton Harbor just laid off an undisclosed number of employees nationwide due to the coronavirus pandemic. Employing approximately 3,500 and 4,000 employees work in Benton Harbor, it’s unsure just how many Whirlpool employees received the news. A company spokesman would not say how many across the country will be affected, but did say some of the layoffs…
